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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON B. ELLITHORP, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,081, dated August 9, 1887,

Application filed April 28, 1887. SerialNo. 236,487. (No model.)

To all whom, it -may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON B. ELLITHORP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to cuff-holders; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts of the same, which will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel form of cuff-holder, which is simple and effective in its construction and operation, strong and durable, easily handled, and readily understood and cheaply manufactured. I at tain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my improved cuff-holder. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the parts thereof detached.

A indicates a button or stud having a shoe, a. On the under side of the shoe a a metallic strip, B, is secured by means of soldering, said strip being constructed of such length as to adapt it for the required use, and is formed preferably of spring metal. At one end of this strip B a safety-pin, O, is secured, and embraced by a loop, b, formed on the end of the strip B. This safety-pin is of the ordinary form of construction, and any further description thereof is unnecessary. At the point thereof to which the loop I) is attached two small rigid shoulders, c c, are formed on each side of the loop I), which is adapted to retain the strip B in the center of the back of the pin.

In using my device the button or stud is passed through the button-holes of the cuff, and the safety-pin O is detachably secured to the sleeve. By the connection of the loop B b with the pin O a hinged joint is formed, which allows a movement'of the strip B, and consequently of the cuff attached to the button or stud A.

The novelty and utility ofmy improved cuffholder being apparent, it is unnecessary to further enlarge upon the same herein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, the cuff-ho1der herein described, consisting of a button or stud, A, a metallic strip, B, secured to the under side of the button-shoe, a loop,b, formed with the end of the strip B, the safetypin O,held in said loop, and the collars c c,sccured to the pin 0 on each side of theloop b, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SOLOMON B. ELLITHORP.

Witnesses:

HENRY F. ROEssER, CHAS. .E. HITCHCOOK. 

